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Upper Deck is saving the good stuff for last.
It’s a high-end product and technically the last one of the 2017-18 calendar year, being released October 24, but collectors generally consider The Cup to be worth the wait. A tin contains one pack with six cards. Upper Deck is promising that there will be two autographed patch cards in the upcoming edition — and that one of … [Read more...]

The next couple of weeks will bring some new products and a few veterans to the forefront as we head into the last third of the year. Courtesy of The Break Exchange, here's a roundup of what's on the docket.
2018 Panini Spectra Football (9/12)
Spectra is back with a hit-heavy box that contains just 16 cards but you could label most of them hits. Each box has four … [Read more...]

Hello fellow card maniacs,
I literally just gone done watching the MLB All-Star game and couldn’t help but think how many of them start as pitching duels only to end up finishing like the Home Run Derby from the night before. Just so you know, it's not only chicks who dig the long ball, but sports card store owners happen to enjoy it as well. Wait, is long ball … [Read more...]

I got my gentle reminder to get off my cardboard selling backside and compile the June edition of What's Hot. While it hasn't been all roses in the past few weeks, the reported demise of 2018 MLB offerings is not exactly the truth. I will admit that I was enjoying the continued thanks to Shohei Ohtani. While at the time I am writing this, we are still waiting … [Read more...]

Expansion teams don’t usually make the playoffs, let alone a run at a championship, but the newest National Hockey League team is doing just that. A huge hit in Las Vegas where fans have embraced all kinds of memorabilia, they’re getting their own boxed trading card set.
Upper Deck is producing a special boxed set commemorating the Vegas Golden Knights inaugural … [Read more...]

It is time for another edition of What's Hot and I feel like answering that question by yelling "EVERYTHING!" at an uncomfortably high level. I am talking megaphone loud, arena time-out loud and just-got-new-speakers loud because there are many more than five releases that are not just hot, but on fire. Collectors are buying just about everything. As I said before, … [Read more...]

After a late April and early May lull, some fairly prominent annual releases are set to arrive through mid-May.
Courtesy of Maine Sports Cards, here's an overview of some of the products that you'll see.
2017-18 Panini National Treasures Basketball (5/4)
This one-pack box includes ten cards, eight of which feature autographs and/or memorabilia pieces, a base or parallel … [Read more...]

We're entering one of my favorite times of the year where the MLB is in full swing and is still fresh, the NBA and NHL are in playoff mode and the NFL is about to introduce us to the newest batch of rookies. Once again, getting and restocking new releases represents the biggest challenges to hobby shops, not finding buyers. Being direct with each of the manufacturers and … [Read more...]

Slated to arrive in hobby shops around the time the Stanley Cup Final begins, 2017-18 Upper Deck NHL Premier has been an increasingly popular release in recent years. Collectors are going to be cracking open tins once again in order to get their hands on hard-signed Acetate Rookie Auto Patches of this season's freshman class.
Collectors can expect to find one of the coveted … [Read more...]

Chasing the parallel rainbow is a hobby concept that has gone to extreme levels over the past two decades. Many collectors love the opportunity to hunt down multiple versions of the same basic card that differ in some manner and finding them all can offer a tremendous feeling of accomplishment. With 2017-18 O-Pee-Chee Platinum, the chase is on once again.
With … [Read more...]